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Delʹuges (3 syl.)

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The chief, besides that recorded in the Bible, are the following:—The deluge of Fohi, the Chinese; the Satyavraʹta, of the Indians; the Xisuthʹrus, of the Assyrians; the Mexican deluge; and the Greek deluges of Deucaʹlion and Ogʹygēs.

⁂ The most celebrated painting of Noah’s Flood is by Poussin, in Paris; and that by Raphael is in the Vatican (Rome).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Delias
Delight
Delirium
Della Cruscans or Della Cruscan School
Delmonico
Delos
Delphi or Delphos
Delphin Classics
Delta
Deluge
Deluges
Demerit
Demijohn (A)
Demi-monde
Demi-rep
Demiurge
Demobilisation of troops
Democracy
Democritos
Demodocos
Demogorgon

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